Pear shaped container, floral and foliate patterning throughout. Flowering stalk, attendant peacock. Set on leafy base. Height: 5 inches.
AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 15
AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT SPICE CONTAINER.
Pear shaped container, floral and foliate patterning throughout. Flowering stalk, attendant peacock. Set on leafy base. Height: 5 inches.
19th-century
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
PRICE REALIZED $10,500
For another example of the use of peacocks in Judaic ceremonial art, see C. Grossman, A Temple Treasury, The Judaica Collection of the Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York (1989) no. 162.